fatal B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈfeɪ.təl/ See IPA manual Freq #5307 Meanings 1 adj Causing death. The driver suffered fatal injuries in the crash. 2 adj Leading to disaster or failure. Ignoring the warning signs proved to be a fatal mistake. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · causing death. deadlydestructive 2 adj · leading to disaster or... disastrous Word family Forms fatally Derived forms fatalismfatalistfatalisticfatalityfatalizefatallyfatalnessnon-fatalnonfatalnonfatallyunfatal Common collocations fatal accident Adjective + noun fatal blow Adjective + noun fatal shooting Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”). fatal Middle French fātālis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # fatal **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈfeɪ.təl/ **Frequency rank:** 5307 ## Meanings 1. Causing death. 2. Leading to disaster or failure. ## Examples - The driver suffered fatal injuries in the crash. - Ignoring the warning signs proved to be a fatal mistake. ## Derived Forms - fatalism - fatalist - fatalistic - fatality - fatalize - fatally - fatalness - non-fatal - nonfatal - nonfatally - unfatal ## Roots and Affixes - Root: fatal - Root: fātālis ## Etymology From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”). ## AI Etymology Fatal comes from Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”). In current use, the main senses are “Causing death” and “Leading to disaster or failure”. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown